Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] OMA, Wis. - For the first time in close to two months drivers are able to use County G in Oma after the road reopened Thursday. A section of the road had been closed since July 8 as a bridge was built where County G crosses the outlet of Long Lake, approximately 8 miles east of U.S. 51. Although the road has reopened to traffic, Iron County Highway Commissioner Mike Swartz said Wednesday some shoulder and striping work will still be completed over...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A week of activities designed to welcome students and encourage social interaction included Pizza with the President on Thursday at Gogebic Community College. Students streamed through Aces Lounge during lunch hour to meet GCC President George McNulty, who handed out pizza and soft drinks together with Dayle Jackson, director of student outreach and engagement. It was a different way to connect with students by serving them in the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER— The Bessemer Parks and Recreation Commission on Thursday approved seeking construction materials to build a gaga pit in Bluff Valley Park. “I’m going to suggest we get the brackets and the lumber and build it ourselves,” said commission member Terry Kryshak, who volunteered to supply his construction expertise. He estimates that the project can be completed for $700, compared to ready-to-assemble kits that can run thousands of dollars. According to gagacenter.com, “gaga is a fast-paced, high-ene...
Friday, Sept. 6 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government City of...
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Katherine "Rosie" Mazanec, departed for her eternal home in Heaven, on Sept. 2, 2019, at Upper Peninsula Health Systems in Marquette surrounded by her loving family. She was 76 years old, 2 days shy of her 77th birthday. Rosie had been a life-long Bessemer resident but had recently moved to Escanaba in 2018. She had been battling cancer for the past year. Rosie was born in Bessemer, Michigan, on Sept. 4, 1942, the youngest of 13 children to Thomas and Anna (Katich) Evsich....